Trump to escalate blame on trial judge Juan Merchan if sentenced to prison

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The former president is likely to turn Merchan into public enemy number one in front of his supporters, sources say

is determined to avoid jail, but if he does get handed a prison sentence after his conviction on 34 felony counts in New York last week, the former president’s inner circle is certain he will lay the blame squarely at the judge’s feet, sources familiar with the matter said.

Still, Trump’s supporters have a history of making threats against judges Trump has assailed, including death threats to Tanya Chutkan, the US district judge who is presiding in his federal 2020 election interference case, and to the chambers of the New York judge who oversaw his civil fraud trial., who has wide discretion to sentence him to fines or probation on the low end, to a carceral sentence on the high end, regardless of what prosecutors might request.

Just one day after the trial, Trump appeared to open a new front against Merchan in freewheeling remarks at aIf a jail sentence does come, one of the sources said, they expected Trump to lash out in anger. But Trump has also been careful to not explicitly threaten or make foreboding warnings against Merchan to stave off prison.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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